Penalty or no penalty? – Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp pass his angry verdict on Manchester city player Jeremy Doku kick on Mac Allister chest ruled out by VAR during Manchester City vs Liverpool draw

When Liverpool and Manchester City played to a 1-1 draw at Anfield on Sunday, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was sure that his team should have been granted a penalty kick in the final moments of the match.

After regaining parity with City through a penalty kick taken by Alexis Mac Allister, Liverpool went on to control for extended portions of the second half, providing City’s players and manager Pep Guardiola with a lot of food for thought. A superb corner routine had been completed by John Stones, which resulted in City taking a 1-0 lead into halftime.

The game entered eight minutes of additional time, and Liverpool, who had their tails up as a result of Mac Allister’s equalizer in the fifty-first minute, were sniffing blood. They were certain that they should have been granted a second penalty late on in the game. After the on-field referee Michael Oliver waived away the home team’s objections, the video assistant referee Stuart Atwell took a long look at the decision. This was because it appeared like Jeremy Doku had caught Mac Allister in the chest.

Consideration has been given to the possibility that Doku was determined to have challenged the ball while in a “reasonable” stance. Gary Neville, who was a co-commentator for Sky Sports at the time, admitted that he believed the decision might go in Liverpool’s favor. Klopp and everyone else inside Anfield who was of the Liverpool mindset was adamant that a penalty should be awarded.

On the other hand, Atwell did not deviate from Oliver’s on-field call, which resulted in the match ending in a draw. As a result of the decision, Klopp was so enraged that he criticized it after the game.

“It was absolutely a penalty,” Klopp said in an interview with BBC Sport. They are going to discover an explanation. There was no question that it was a foul in every single part of the field, and it was most likely a yellow card.

People who were surrounding me and had iPads were all saying, “Wow, that’s clear.” Perhaps they are able to conceal themselves by using the term “it is not clear and obvious.”

“Of course, it is a penalty, but we did not receive it, and that is perfectly OK. For me, the fact that we are able to play football in such a manner is the most essential thing. There were so many incredible performances that I witnessed today.